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unciˈvility Now rare.
[un-1 12 and 5 b.]
Absence or lack of civilization or of civility.
1598Florio, Immodestia, immodestie, intemperancie, vnciuilitie. 1612Peacham Gentl. Exerc. ii. ii. 121 His crabbed lookes signifie the sauage vnciuility of the people in those parts. 1648Gage West Ind. xiii. 73 Their uncivility and barbarous properties tell us that they are most like the Tartars of any. 1697T. Brown Dispens. ii. Wks. 1709 III. iii. 67 If thee woul't have no Excuse made for thy Uncivility, I have done. 1830Cunningham Brit. Paint. II. 78 The uncivility of his opponents. |